Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Monroe, NY
Breaking News
Train To Harriman Ignites Brush Fires, Stalls Service Train To Harriman Ignites Brush Fires, Stalls Service Train To Harriman Ignites Brush Fires, Stalls Service
Train To Harriman Ignites Brush Fires, Stalls Service HARRIMAN, N.Y. -- A series of brush fires along NJ Transit tracks in New Jersey temporarily halted train service on the line into Orange County. The fires on the Main and Bergen Line tracks in Glen Rock apparently were ignited by a defective part on a train that made it as far as Harriman. No other fires were reported in any other towns. There was some property damage -- mostly involving fences and light poles. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Unrelated: Don't Tie Bergen County SPCA To Scandalized State Operation Unrelated: Don't Tie Bergen County SPCA To Scandalized State Operation Unrelated: Don't Tie Bergen County SPCA To Scandalized State Operation
Unrelated: Don't Tie Bergen County SPCA To Scandalized State Operation HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Members of Bergen County's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals want the public to understand that their organization wasn't involved in any way in a recent investigation of the scandal-ridden NJSPCA. The Bergen County SPCA works directly with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Animal Cruelty Task Force -- and has for the past 13 years. Its chief, Roni Wildoner, even heads the task force. "We are a chapter of the NJSPCA but are not part of the investigation," Wildoner said. "We operate separately." A recent report by the State Commission of …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Brush Fires Halt NJ Transit Service Glen Rock Brush Fires Halt NJ Transit Service Glen Rock Brush Fires Halt NJ Transit Service
Glen Rock Brush Fires Halt NJ Transit Service GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A series of brush fires along NJ Transit tracks in Glen Rock temporarily halted train service Saturday afternoon. The fires apparently were ignited on the Main and Bergen Line tracks by a defective part on an NJ Transit train that made it as far as Harriman, NY. There was some property damage -- mostly involving fences and light poles. Firefighters from Ridgewood, Hawthorne, Midland Park, Fair Lawn, Paramus, and Wyckoff joined their Glen Rock colleagues. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford PBA Halloween 5K: Perfect Weather, 400 Entrants Expected Rutherford PBA Halloween 5K: Perfect Weather, 400 Entrants Expected Rutherford PBA Halloween 5K: Perfect Weather, 400 Entrants Expected
Rutherford PBA Halloween 5K: Perfect Weather, 400 Entrants Expected RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Perfect weather and more than 400 participants are expected for the Rutherford PBA's 6th annual Halloween Foot Pursuit 5K this Sunday. Beneficiaries of this year's run/walk are Rutherford PBA Local #300 and the Ersalesi Scholarship Fund, created in memory of beloved Rutherford teacher Mrs. Betty Ersalesi and her husband, Henry. The top three overall male and female runners will receive monetary prizes. T-Shirts and race packets will be available while supplies last. There will also be a post-race BBQ, a face painter, a balloon artist and a deejay. The Foot Pursuit was…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Comedy, Music, Beefsteak: Ridgefield Park Ambulance Corps Invites You Comedy, Music, Beefsteak: Ridgefield Park Ambulance Corps Invites You Comedy, Music, Beefsteak: Ridgefield Park Ambulance Corps Invites You
Comedy, Music, Beefsteak: Ridgefield Park Ambulance Corps Invites You RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A comedian, a deejay and a tricky tray come with a Ridgefield Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps beefsteak dinner Saturday night. Dinner includes beer, wine and soda. There will also be door prizes. The dinner runs from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Elks Lodge at 1506 Spruce Avenue. Tickets are $55 each. TICKETS / INFO: Amanda Djamoos: (201) 575-0424 Marge Sellen: (201) 259-4451 Nicole Grecco: (973) 405-4733 [email protected]

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Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Port Jervis Pair, Middletown Man Busted On Heroin Charges In NJ Port Jervis Pair, Middletown Man Busted On Heroin Charges In NJ Port Jervis Pair, Middletown Man Busted On Heroin Charges In NJ
Port Jervis Pair, Middletown Man Busted On Heroin Charges In NJ PORT JERVIS, N.J. – Two Port Jervis men and a man from Middletown were busted in New Jersey with 99 bags of heroin, police there said. A police officer in Fair Lawn stopped a car on northbound Route 208 earlier this month and found the drugs during a search, Sgt. Brian Metzler told Daily Voice. He arrested the driver, 25-year-old Donald Ostrom of Port Jervis and three passengers – including Patrick Shevlin, 27, also of Port Jervis, and 28-year-old Joseph Mann of Middletown, the sergeant said. Ostrom, Shevlin and a New Jersey man were released pending a hearing a drug possession charges, he…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police: DWI New Milford Driver In GWB Crash Was 3X Times Legal Limit Police: DWI New Milford Driver In GWB Crash Was 3X Times Legal Limit Police: DWI New Milford Driver In GWB Crash Was 3X Times Legal Limit
Police: DWI New Milford Driver In GWB Crash Was 3X Times Legal Limit FORT LEE, N.J. -- A DWI driver from New Milford who crashed his car into another on the George Washington Bridge registered three times the legal limit on a breath test, police said. David G. McGough, 54, "appeared disoriented, with tearing, bloodshot eyes and a flushed face" after his 2006 Chevy Cobalt rear-ended a 2015 Chrysler 300 on the bridge's lower level around 9:15 p.m. Thursday, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He then " staggered and failed a field sobriety test" before the breath test, Pentangelo said. Police arrested McGough on DWI and careless d…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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99 Bags Of Heroin In A Car: Fair Lawn Police Bust Quartet 99 Bags Of Heroin In A Car: Fair Lawn Police Bust Quartet 99 Bags Of Heroin In A Car: Fair Lawn Police Bust Quartet
99 Bags Of Heroin In A Car: Fair Lawn Police Bust Quartet FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A Fair Lawn police officer busted a Haledon man and a New York State trio -- one of them wanted on warrants in three other towns -- after finding 99 bags of heroin during a Route 208 traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Geovanny Buitron stopped their car on the northbound highway near Harristown Road earlier this month, Sgt. Brian Metzler told Daily Voice. He arrested the driver, 25-year-old Donald Ostrom of Port Jervis and three passengers -- Michael Otero, 27, of Haledon; Patrick Shevlin, 27, also of Port Jervis, and 28-year-old Joseph Mann of Middletown -- after a se…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Doctor's Employee Stole $20,000 From Patients, Prosecutor Charges Mahwah Doctor's Employee Stole $20,000 From Patients, Prosecutor Charges Mahwah Doctor's Employee Stole $20,000 From Patients, Prosecutor Charges
Mahwah Doctor's Employee Stole $20,000 From Patients, Prosecutor Charges MAHWAH, N.J. – A Mahwah doctor’s employee from Englewood stole $20,000 from patients, said authorities who arrested him. Sebastian Sarria, 24, “accessed the doctor’s credit card processing system and voided patient-based credit card payments,” then “processed them through a cellphone/computer-based credit card application he had subscribed to in his own name,” Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. He then transferred the money to his own personal bank account and “used [it] for his own purposes,” Grewal said. Detectives from his office and Mahwah police arrested Sarria on Thursda…

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Paterson, NJ
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Jurors Convict Paterson Man Of Shooting, Killing Another During Argument Jurors Convict Paterson Man Of Shooting, Killing Another During Argument Jurors Convict Paterson Man Of Shooting, Killing Another During Argument
Jurors Convict Paterson Man Of Shooting, Killing Another During Argument PATERSON, N.J. – Jurors in Paterson deliberated for four days before convicting a city man Thursday of gunning down another man during an argument. Courtney Simpson, 34, shot and killed Ferron Green in the area of Ellison and East 18th streets on Feb. 22, 2014, then fled to Fort Lauderdale, FL, where he was caught, prosecutors said. Jurors convicted Simpson of manslaughter and weapons charges following a trial that ran from Sept. 12 to Oct. 3. Superior Court Judge Adam E. Jacobs scheduled a Dec. 8 sentencing while revoking Simpson’s $1 million bail. Handling the case for the state is Assi…

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